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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida’s consumer confidence was unaffected by the elections, remaining unchanged in November for the third month in a row, a sign that holiday retail sales are likely to be modest, University of Florida economists report.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new risk assessment score designed to pinpoint the likelihood a woman with early signs of heart disease will eventually experience a bad outcome such as heart attack, stroke or death appears to determine a patient’s prognosis more effectively than standard methods alone, University of Florida cardiologists will report today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2004 in New Orleans.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The sexual revolution did not start in the free-loving 1960s as is commonly thought, a University of Florida researcher says. It began with the "silent generation" of the 1940s and '50s, which as its moniker implies, didn't talk much about sex.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For thirsty consumers tired of choking down water with an earthy or musty flavor, the solution may lie within the water itself, a team of University of Florida researchers has found. The team has identified a type of bacterium that can quickly and inexpensively remove a foul-tasting, foul-smelling compound. Their findings appear in the current issue of the journal Water Research.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Jimmy Cheek, dean of the University of Florida’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, has been named the university’s senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources, UF President Bernie Machen announced today.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Growing job discontentment and sudden negative events during an employee's first month on the job are crucial in determining whether he or she will leave within the first two years, according to a study by a University of Florida researcher on early employee job turnover.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For college students anxious to rebel against their parents’ fashion sensibilities, getting a tattoo or piercing may be the modern-day equivalent of the 1960s-era fascination with long hair and love beads.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Women like the idea of menstrual suppression — skipping or eliminating monthly periods — but want their health-care providers to tell them more about it, according to a report co-authored by University of Florida researchers.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Like an episode of "CSI: Computers," a UF researcher has developed a technique that gives digital detectives twice the forensic evidence they now have to catch all kinds of hackers, from curious teenagers to disgruntled employees to agents of foreign governments.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Elderly blacks are more likely than their white counterparts to feel overwhelmed by daily life, but at the same time are more inclined to view depression as a condition they can overcome through personal or religious strength rather than a medical one, a new University of Florida study finds.

SANFORD, Fla. — Inmates at the Seminole County Correctional Facility, who have been growing their own vegetables for more than 10 years, are now raising thousands of beneficial bugs that attack insect pests and feed on troublesome weeds in Florida.